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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26

hJ-ID DOXts.
BRICK - California building descriptions
Sc 50@12; English Fire, sSO@52 50 from ship ;
jobbing at S35@S7 so p thousand English Bath
371&@40c p dozen.
CANDLES-The product of the local Candle
factories is quoted as follows: San Francisco
Crystal Wax, 151c for 10 OF, and 1916 for IA or:
Stearc Acid IA or 1Sc; STAR IA OF, l21ac; Eureka,
&c; Mission Chemical Wax, IA OF, Ice; do 10 OF,
i719c; Solar Sperm, IA OF, 14c; do 10 OF, Ice;
Adamantine, II OF, l2c; Eastern brands vary
from SC to l7c; Sperm, 25c: Parafiine, 14@16c
p ID.
CASE GOODS-A leading local canning
firm quotes Jellies of all kinds in 2-ib tins
at 81 70 per dozen; Assorted. Apricot,
Plum Pear, Peach. and Ounce Jams,
Oh tins, 81 rs Blackberry and Currant
Jams, 81 Gooseberry, Raspberry and Straw
berry Jams, 81 per dozen, 2-b tins The
same firm quotes table fruits as follows in % b
tins:
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FooD-INsTIScT OF BIRDs.-It is re-
ported that in Peru and other parts of
South America this years fruit has been
avoided by birds, while it has caused the
death of sheep and cattle when fed to them
in large quantities. These observations
have been cited as tending to show that
the instinct of birds with respect to the
wholesomeness of fruits is frequently a
worthy guide for human beings to follow.
The possibility is suggested that the varia-
ton in the fruit of different years NAV
have something to do with outbreaks Of
cholera
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SUPERFLUous HNR.-The removal of
superfiuous hair from the skin is possible
both by means of depilatories and by
electricity. The former are mostly prepar-
atoms of sulphide of barium or sulphide
Of calcium, and the process by electricity
is very slow, each hair root having to be
killed separately.
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CUMMEKClAL.
BAN FRANCISCO MARKET.
General Merchandise.

SAN FRANCISCO, November %, 1887.
BAGS-Wheat Bags, s14GS1lc; Potato Gun
MES, Halle; Wool Bags, 2a@32c.
BARBED W1RE-Steel Galvanized 4-point
Cactus, barbs 6-inch space, SIC . ID: do do A.
space, SIC; the Scutt 4-point, SIC; Steel Gal
vanized Twisted Ribbon, &c p q; do do Tab
let, &c; StretcheIs, 81 each; Staples, &c 2 b;
each: Painted Fencing. 1c z ID less than Galyan-
lied.
BREAD-The price-list of the American Bis
cult Company, recently issued, contains I'll va
rieties, put up in 50, so, % and lob bxs and in
10, 10 and 2-ib tins. We gave last week list OF
prices for GO varieties. This week we give the
rates for other kinds as follows:
4 hcrfnatItr II, u (nr1nhill n So
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English Foundry Coke is quoted at ST. on the
spot and So 50@l3 to arrive; San Francisco Gas
light Company is selling Coke at SOC q Dbl by
wholesale and 60c by retail
COFFEE-BeSt grades of Guatemala, Costa
RIGA and Salvador are quoted at 1S1T@1914c;
other sorts IS13@lS1Ic.
CORDAGE-Tubbs & Co., OF the San Fran
cisco Cordage Factory, quotes prices since No
Yember Dist as follows
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The injurious effects of many liquors are
ascribed by NJ. BAG, hi to furfurol This
is colorless liquid, with cinnamon odor.
Very small doses produce symptoms of
lockjaw and epilepsy in dogs,
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BdttenS. t.X5 Der lneal loot Ic
MALT demonstrating brands of English
Ale and Porter are selling at 81 1908 75 for
quarts and SStd4 for dozen pints.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 20c; Telegraph, SOC;
Eastern ParlGr. 81 65.
MATTlNG-Common 81 50; Contract, s. to
Sc 5o Fine Contract, s7as; Imperial, 5000 50
roll of 40yardS.
METALs-A private circular quotes Pig Ircr
As follows.
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vate circular quotes Pig Ircr

We qliote prices Tor other kinds: Tin Plate ST.:
Yellow Metal. lac; English Cast Steel, no
loo; Sheet Zinc, s15@9e; Pig Lead, 5@5lsc: Bar
Bar Copper. l2Sl3e: Zig Tin, 24I.c q H.
NAli.S-Cari price. 81 90, or ) per cent. off for
cash.
oIL-China Nut. 52I4a5sJsc: California Castor.
81 10 for No and 81 for No. .: refined cocoa
nut 35sGiOc; Gel. Linseed. in single barrel
lots. Soc Tor raw and 47i5e Tor boiled: Petroleum
ll3o, ~ cans i7@2lc; do 1862, 2i@S0c; pure
winter strained Lard. 55c in barrels and see
N tins: PoSsel Olive. 81 80: Plagniol Olive,
soae5 .: puret do, S 50@5 rs; extra fine
kinds, Sos 4 Dozen piats. The Arctic oil
Works quotations are follows: Sperm, Crude.
9oc; Natural Winter. 81 eS; Bleaehed do 81 10.
" hale. Coast, 5.G-55c: Natural Winter. 5Oc; do,
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WESTERN HOTEL,

NOS. 2U3 To SI3 IA SINEEI'
THREE BLOCKS FROM RAILROAD DEPOT.
| Leading Business and Family Hotel of Sac
ramento, Cal. The most convenient to Post
Office Express and Land Offices, ali Courts and
Places of Amusement. Meals, rs cents. First
class in ell its appointments. Free Coach to and
from the Hotel WIN. LAND, Proprietor.
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a.,yBi.s AND eEsrAUgANES.
PHILADELPHIA HOUSE.

7O1e EIGHTH STREET. BETWEEN J AND
lUlO X. Sacramento, Cal, P. s. QUAD, Pro
prietor. Board and lodging per week, So; board
per week, 81. Board and lodging per day, 81;
lodging, IS and 50 cents. Single meals, % cents.
Table supplied with the choicest OF the season.
No Chinese employed. mott
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S1@l Is: Wild.

sprig, 81 1892 Teal. si@1 Is; Wild
geon, slg1 . p dozen; snipc, English,
s. 75a2; do. common, 4O@60c: small Ducks,
l5easi; Gray Geese. s2@2 SO p dozen; White
Geese, Sl@l 20 2 dozen; Brant, 81 sal 50
= dozen; Honkers, IS 50@si so; Rabbits, sle1I %;
Hare. 81 25a1 80 p dozen
PRONlSIONS-Prices keep steady, there being
good inquiry for all descriptions, both for local
and interior trade. We quote job lots as follows
Eastern Hams, IA q 1415c California, 10 "a lie
tor salt; IefrigerRtor-cured, 13Gl31zc: Eastern
breakfast Bacon, i29l21zc California Bacon, loo
l01$c toT heavy and medium, I13ll1Sc tor light
medium end 12lel211ac for light, l3t5131sc extra
lght Clear sides, 101s@311c; Pork, 50 50ni0 u Dbl
Tor extra prime, s10@ll for prime mess ei5 51I6
ioI mes, sl6 5oal7 for clear ST. 50aI8 for extra
clear; Pigs feet, sli 50@i2; Mess Beef 80 5lgj0
tor bbls, 81 1905 fer hf bbIs: Extra tiess Beet,
SO ?0@l1 ior bbls IS 5oG5 IS FOR hf nbls; Family
Beef. Sl5sei6 - bbl; California Smoked Reel,
2@l21@c y %; Eastern Lard S5lsasc for tierces
snd 9zsl0c 3 % tor pals; California do, tierces,
SIC; Inf bbls, &c lob tins, &c; SD tins. SC
pails, &C for io-h SIC for SD. and s1Sc . u for
WoOL--Market quiet, the only costumers re-
ing local scoureTs, who are running to their full
capacity. We quote spring clip:
Oregon
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ID H Il . TO RH
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
OFFICE HOURS.


10 to II A. NJ, 2 to 4, $50 to 7:3O P. N.
10 70 II A. NJ, 2 to 4, toSP. NJ.
l0;30 A: N. to I'm, ! to 2, to- SPIN.
9:3O TO II A. NJ, to 4P. M.....
1920 A. N to l, 2 to 4, 7 toSP. n. -.
. to II A. NJ, l to 3P. M................
. to 10 A. M, to 3, to- P. No.
| NJ. to 8 P. M, to- P. M.............,.
. to II a. M, 2 to 4, 7 to8P. M.
~ to II A. NJ, Ito 4, $50 to 7:30P.M
. to II A. NJ, to 8, toSP. M......
9 TO II A. NJ, 2'2o tc 4:aO, 7toSP.M,
. to 10 A. NJ, 2 to 4, 7to8P. NJ.
II A. N. to Il NJ, TO 5, z to s p. N.
9 to II A. NJ, 2 to 4P. M..................
u NJ. to l, 2 to 4, $50 to 8P. M.
A. N. to II NJ, 2 to 4, 7to8P.
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sUGAR-Local refineries now quote 25-bbl lots

Halfbarrels and 10O-fb boxes. &c, and for
other boxes &c more for all kinds;
SIRUP-American Refinery Golden, IN bbls,
40c.
TEA-Good medium grades of Japan are job
bling at 25@30c.
WHISKY-We quote: High-proof, 81 30 to
81 so, and low-proof, 81 75@2 so; various brands
of Bourbon, 81 25@5 so q gallon, according TO
WINE-French Claret, s62@66 q cask; Cham
payne, Sl6932 q basket; California bulk de
kcriptions are quoted as follows: Angelica, 81 %
al %; Claret, 50@75c; Port, Sl@3 80; Sherry,
81 l5@1 %: White. 45c@S1 so o gal.
WOoDENWARE-Th price-list Of the Pacific
Woodenware and Cooperage CO. product is in
as 4S aGTs f dd bPdP g
nishcd do galvanized hoops, s. 70; White
Pails-Black hoops, IS 25; do galvanized
hoops, SIS 75@5; do, brass bound, 81 500
s. 50 and IS so, for the three sizes: Feed and
Stable, S5@6 for cedar, and S7@s for oak;
Deck Buckets, 81 SOFAS: Well Buckets, $40
III Mas5 6s dozen go nest ip pST
nished do s9@51; white do, sl6@2O per dozen;
Black do, Sl4@1S 2 dozen; Keelers, 81 5o@5 for
plain, and s5@9 per dozen for brass bound;
Family Washboards, 81 so; double zinc do 81;
laundry. S. so per dozen.
WOODEN GOODS-Pioneer Fine White Blan-
kets, 92x102, extra superior lambs, are
quoted at $50 per pair for AAAA and $40 for
AAA; smaller sizes are quoted $50 for SSx9S and
SIS for Six94 extra super are quoted at $40, SIS,
SIS and SD So according to size and finish; super
Grecian border S1l so, SILL So, IS and 81, accord
ing to size and finish; Cleveland Blankets. 72x9O,
SO 80; Hendricks do, 6Sx7S, SIS; Greedy do same
SIZE IS; Pink, Blue and Red Blankets, 70xS0, SD;
Cradle and Crib Blankets, 54166, 81 so for Supe-
rior and S. 81, So and 81 so for smaller sizes of
extra super; Pink Blue and Red do, IS; Washoe
Blankets, So rs for point, SIS % for point and
SO so for 10 ID; same descriptions of Vicuna and
Blue So 81 and SD 50 respectively; Scarlet and
Solferino, $40 50 for point, S. for 8 point and
SIS for 10 ID; Notified Blankets, $40 and Sl3 per
pair.
YEAST POWDER-Standard brands of full
weight, 16-ounce cans, 81 so q dozen, and other
sized cans in proportion.
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FRITZ g. MILLER,
u NDE1TAKERs.

OFFICE IN ODD FELLOwg TEMPLE
" Ninth and K streets. Complete stock OF
Uncertakers Goods constantly on hand City
and country orders promptly attended to, day or
night. at rees unable rates Telephone IS6. IN
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J. FRANK CLARK,
COUNTY CORONER & UNDERTAKEN.
No, 10Y Fourth St. bet i and X

A LWAYs ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
n Stock of UNDERTAKING GOODS on the
coast. Country orders, day or night, Will re
ceive prompt attention. TELEPHoNE NUMBER
l84. GEO. II. Gil ARK, Funeral Director.
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w. J. kAVANAUGH,
Il IT ID B IA TT a *
No. 513 j St., bet. Fifth and Sixth.

4 LWAY3 ON HAND A LARGE ASSORT-
"A ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskets
burial Cases, Collins and Shrouds furnished
Cofhn orders will receive prompt attention on
eaort notice, and at the lowest rates Office
open d6y ana night. 4p-H
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Take it in Time.


Ayers Cherry Pectoral is highly
concentrated and powerful medicine.
1T is an anodyne expectorant, and, if
promptly taken, in cases of Coughs,
Throat or Lung troubles, soothes and
heals the irritated tissues, and quickly
allays all tendency to Consumption.
Six years ago. I contracted q severe
Cold, which settled on my Lungs, and
soon developed all tho alarming symp-
toms of Consumption. | had u Cough,
Night Sweats, Bleeding Lungs, Pain in
my Chest and Sides, and was SO COM
pletely prostrated, as TO be coutiaed to
my bed most of the time. after trying
various prescriptions, without benefit.
my physician finally determined TO give
me Ayers Cherry PectoraI. l took it,
and the effect was magical. 1 seemed
to rally from the FIRST d0Se Of his med
icine, and, after using only three bottles,
am now as well and sound as ever.
Rodney Johnson, Springfield, Ill.
I have used Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in my family, for Colds and Coughs,
with infallible success, and should not
dare to be without this medicine through
the winter months. - Russell Bodine,
Hughesville. Lycoming Co., Pa.
Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL,
Prepared by DIR. j C. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, 81.
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CENTRAL HOUSE,

S1O $50 AND So K STREET, BETWEEN
OlC, Eighth and Ninth, Sacramento, Cal.
H0kNLEIN BROS, Proprietors.
The Dining room, owned by MRS. SHAY, ana
run III connection with the house, is supplied
with the best in the market. Meals. % cents.
Cars from the depot pass the house every five
ninrfcs nl5-lf
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DiilIy JAIL ZoGoI12c each; Dry Hides, usual
selections, -@lS1ac; Dry Kips, do, -6l311&c a
h; Calf skins, do, .-@l5c; Gull Hides, Kip and
Calf, 9@10c q II: Pelts, shearling, l0c to
25c each; do, short, 3O@50c each; do, medium,
50@75c each; do long wool, 9Oc9Sl 25 each; Deer
Skins, summer, 271Sd930c: do. fall and medium,
24@26c 2 b. Goats Skins. COO apiece for prime
and perfect. 10000 for medium, 20@25c each
for small, &c each for Kid. Good clean Skins
should average 2a214 lbs each; badly damaged,
have no real value. Beaver Skins, Si07 each
for prime large, s-@4 TOR medium, and 19c@s1
for small sizes, with inferior selling at naked
reduction; Wild Cats skins, l5@66c apiece for
prime, and 5&25c for poor; Coons Skins, 5@l0c
each for small and large; l0@30c for Coyote
Skigs, l0G25c for small and 25aS0c apiece for
large
FRESH MEATS-The situation is good for
sellers. Beef is steady, not being in greater sup
ply, than the demand. Mutton is scarce and
higher, with buoyant tendency. Lamb is in
very light supply, scarcely any offering. Hogs
coTe in less freely. Following are the rates :or
whole carcasses from slaughterers to dealers :
:eei-tlrst quality, 6e19@7e; second quail
!ty, 51a@6c; third qualify, 4@5c q u. Veal
Large, 5@6c; small, 7@9c q D. Mutton-Quota-
BILE at &C . b. Lamb Quotabie at 7@sc y ID.
pork-Llve Eogs on foot, grain fed 5000
stock, 211ae SIC; dressed Hogs, 81 d619c 81.
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UNDERWRITERS.
REEVES g. LONG,
u NJ ID ERT EHa

500 Jst., bet. Sixth and Seventh north side).
WE KEEP ON HAND A COM--
" plete Stock of Collins and Caskets Silssn1Na
Also, Shrouds of every description Orders
fIvm city or country will receive prompt stten-
ton, day or night. EMBALMIEG done In the
best manner, at reasonable rates n
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tNo afternoon hours SUNDAYS.
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RESIDENCE TELEPHONE

mo evening hours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-29

CHEAT MEN do not always transmif
their good qualities to their progeny:
VIM. D. Kelly, the well known Con
gresham from Pennsylvania, has long
been recognized rs among the able men
of the nation, and one of the most
loyal to the institutions of the republic.
But now It's announced that his daugh-
ter has become an active Anarchist. In
New York City, the other day, she
publicly eulogized the men who were
hanged for the Haymarket massacre as
"martyrs to the cause of the people, I"
Miss Kelly is represented as bright
and intelligent, and it must be regret
ted by her distinguished father and
friends that she has turned cranky,
and viciously so. SO far as the country
or the cause of Anarchy is concerned, it
will matter veryilittle what course the
lady shall pursue. Chicago pronounced
the verdict of the nation when it
hanged Spies and his fellows, snd that
will be the verdict ot the American
people in spite Of all that the cranks
and criminals can do to reverse it. 1t
is pity, however, that lady of Miss
Keliy's education, training and social
position should take the course she is
charged with pursuing il regard to the
revolutionary doctrine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-29
Dated November 26th, 1857. '01S

Te coUEGF OF os sA IT'LL LAKE, SIS
1, John C. Cutler, clerk Of the Probate
Court, il and for the County of Salt Lake, in
the Territory of Utah, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is full, true and
correct copy of an order appointing time
and place for settlement of final account
and to hear petition for distribution in the
matter of the estate of Francis PIatt, de-
ceased, as appears OF record in my office
In witness whereof, have here
[sEAL] unto set my hand and affixed the
seal OF said court, this 26th day
of November, A. D. 1887.
JOHN C. CUTLER,
Probate Clerk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-29
DAKOTA's ADMISSION.

An esteemed contemporary, the Alex
andria (Ys.) Gazette, says: "a strong
effort will be made during the coming
: session of Congress to have the Terri
tory Of Dakota admitted 80 State into
the Union, snd thereby to add three
electoral votes to the number the Re
publican candidate for the next presi-
dency will receive. The Territory of
Utah has long had enough population
to entitle 1t to Statehood, and its people
are Democrats. No more Territories
should be admitted as long as Utah re-
mains excluded" We don't believe the
Gazette would like to be understood as
it expresses itself. The journal is one
Of the fairest and squarest in the
country, and has always had the cour-
age to stand up for oppressed Utah in
the latter's battle for the right. Politics
has kept Dakota out OF the Union in
the face of the fact that the Territory
was entitled to admission. The Dem
ocrats would not consent to admit Da-
kots simply because the Territory was
Republican, and, as a State. would
have three votes In the electoral
college. The Gazette cannot find
1t in its heart to justify this conduct on
she part Of its own party, any more
than it could approve the course OF
Republicans who would stand in the
vay of fine admission of Democratic
Utah. The fact that Utah has been
kept out Of the Union twenty years
after her population and other quail
fcations entitled her to admission,
should cut no figure in the disposal Of
the petition of Dakota. Utah is not
eDvious and would not, if she could,
make the enfraachisement of another
Territory dependent on her OWL
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HE CANT COME IN.
Salt Lake City. Utah.

Tho other day the New York Supreme
Court denied the application of China
man for admission to the bar as an at
torney a law. The genera education,
the moral character and the lega.
learning of the Monaghan were con-
coded. In fact, the Chinaman Is
thoroughly educated, graduate OF
Yale, and decidedly bright and intel
iigent man. But he wasn't a citizen, he
can't become citizen and therefore
cannot be allowed to pr ctice in a pro-
fession for which he has admirably
qualified himself. There is q law of
Congress, framed by demogogues to sp-
pease other demague5, denying the
privilege of citizenship to one of
the copper coIored race. 1t was q
Chinese must go" threat which forced
the un-AmeriCau enactment and made
it impossible for the brightest and most
progressive of Mongolians to identify
himself with the republic, and enjoy
the liberty which The United States ex-
tends to all mankind-ssve only the
Chinese. The lazy, vermin-infected
Italian, the ugly, ignorant Bohemian,
the lout of a Turk, the thick skulled
black from the Congo, the bloody
minded Anarchist, the mountaineering
Nihilist, the revolutionary Communist,
may come at will and stay while their
pleasure lasts; they may acquire cit
izenship, hold Office, go to the
Legislature and make laws for
the government of thu country:
they may do all that native
born citizen may do, and they
frequently do more. Only the educated,
peace-loviDg Cinnamon must stay ont
and be denied benefits and privileges
which less intelligent, less enlightened
ana far less prsiseworthy foreigners are
invited to enjoy. The Chinaman is
denied these things, not because he is
unworthy, but because he possesses
certain virtues which others do not
claim, among them being habits of in
dustry and economy, and desire for
peace. If upon his arrival he had
taken kindly to our politics instead OF
to our laundries, if he had united him
self with party, and spent his time
and strained his lungs attending
primaries and elections and cheer
ing the uttersnces of demagogues; if
he had manifested an aptness Tor selling
his vote or buying somebody else's vote;
If he had tried to make himself heard
through the ballot box, and had not re-
tired to his den to do an honest dollars
worth of work for dollar and had not
saved that dollar instead of spending it
FOR whisky-if poor John had done these
things, he would not now be hedged
out of citizenship and denied place in
the trades and professions. Rather
would he be coHrted by the men who
populariEe themselves with another
foreign element by denouncing the
MongoliRns and melting the people TO
drive them out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-29

ACCORDING TO the official report, q
synopsis Of which appears elsewhere in
this issue of The HERALD, the postal
department OF the government has
been most ably and successfully man
aged during the past year. The fnan-
cial showing is such as will please all,
without respect TO party. Notwith-
standing the exceedingly low rates of
postage. the lowest in the world, dis
lance being taken into account, the SER
vice is within less than five and half
million dollars of being self-support-
ing. More than $1,000 postofices dis
tributed throughout the country
bring all within reach of matt
facilities. It is evidence of material
growth that the receipts of the
department have increased Ill per cent,
during the year, and it tells of wise and
careful management that in the face
of extension of the service the increase
of expenditures amounted to only 4
per cent. 1t has been urged that in
view of the fact that the service has
practically reached the selfsustaining
point, there be another reduction of
postal rates. The propriety of lower
ing the rates may well be called in ques-
ton while there is anybody who does
not enjoy the benefits or blessings of
the postal service. The rates are not
oppressive; nobody is burdened by ex-
cessive postage.